Tariq Ali, editor of the New Left Review, is a leading intellectual and a veteran political activist. A forceful critic of imperialism, religious fundamentalism and, in recent times, the '
9/11 triggered the US-led global 'war on terror, 13/12 marked a significant date in the political progression of the Indian state. The attack on the Parliament Building
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The thinker Satish Kumar on the divide between the two lndias – the affluent urbs and the other that is "based on land and livelihood, people and forests".
In
Tariq Ali, born in Lahore, based in London, an internationally renowned writer, an editor of the New Left Review and author of the recent bestseller The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades,
After years of taking steps towards democratising the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama in the summer of 2001 pushed through one of the most significant political reforms to
The novelist-turned-activist discusses corporate collusion, environmental struggles and political resistance in India – from dams and nuclear testing to Enron’s influence on India’s energy sector
Meet Asma Jehangir, lawyer, human rights advocate and activist in the women's movement in Pakistan. Her first tilt at officialdom was at 18 when she filed a writ
Meena Alexander in conversation with Prem Poddar
PP: You've described yourself as a no-nation woman in your last collection The Shock of Arrival, and to talk about location
"One can explain India´s weakness by India´s greatness," says Stephen P. Cohen, head of the South Asia Programme at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He
Released from jail on 4 May, Mohammed Yaseen Malik is the charismatic and straight-talking leader of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC), and chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
"It is all in the Access"
Subhash Goyal is the president of the Indian Association of Tour Operators, besides being the chairman of STIC (Student Travel Information Centre)
